3111.06
Jurisdiction of courts - personal jurisdiction.

(A)
Except as otherwise provided in division
(B) or (C) of section
3111.381 of the Revised Code, an
action authorized under sections
3111.01 to
3111.18 of the Revised Code may be
brought in the juvenile court or other court with jurisdiction under section
2101.022 or
2301.03 of the Revised Code of the
county in which the child, the child's mother, or the alleged father resides or
is found or, if the alleged father is deceased, of the county in which
proceedings for the probate of the alleged father's estate have been or can be
commenced, or of the county in which the child is being provided support by the
county department of job and family services of that county. An action pursuant
to sections
3111.01 to
3111.18 of the Revised Code to
object to an administrative order issued pursuant to former section
3111.21 or
3111.22 or sections
3111.38 to
3111.54 of the Revised Code
determining the existence or nonexistence of a parent and child relationship
that has not become final and enforceable, may be brought only in the juvenile
court or other court with jurisdiction of the county in which the child support
enforcement agency that issued the order is located. If an action for divorce,
dissolution, or legal separation has been filed in a court of common pleas,
that court of common pleas has original jurisdiction to determine if the parent
and child relationship exists between one or both of the parties and any child
alleged or presumed to be the child of one or both of the parties.

(B)
A person who has sexual intercourse in
this state submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to an
action brought under sections
3111.01 to
3111.18 of the Revised Code with
respect to a child who may have been conceived by that act of intercourse. In
addition to any other method provided by the Rules of Civil Procedure, personal
jurisdiction may be acquired by personal service of summons outside this state
or by certified mail with proof of actual receipt.